The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-16

dressed men in town. He makes his calls al
stated intervals. sells from his stock or takes
orders for special goods, knows the whjms and
fancies Of his patrons. and takes particular
pains to suit them exactly. His customers are
not the 1amb boyant dudes who size up man by
his tailor's bill, and pay the highest prices in
boys who have learned that the way to enjoy
money is not to throw it away, but TO make it
go furthest when no particular fun is to be had
in the spending
wealthy bachelor of middle age exhibits
pair of brown hands to his friends. shows marks
of toll upon them, and explains tn at he has be-
como workingman to kill time and drive away
the blues. In one Of his elegant apartments he
has put mp cabinet-maker's bench. fitted with
complete set of the finest TOOLS and there he
spends his spare time. which is considerable,
making bookcases, desks. sets of drawers, cabi-
nets and so on. He hired an expert to teach him
how to dovetail, make close joints, and do every
thlng In workmanlike manner, and now he car
turn out as nice work as anybody Black wal
nut, shellac and varnish have stained his hands,
and he is rather proud of their appearance.
Must do something" he said. sWhen a man
has an income sufficient for all his wants, his
greatest problem Is to kill time. There are two
ordinary ways opep to him: He can go into so-
ciety and dawdle around, but after the dancing
age he gets tired of that he can sit in his
some study for purpose, that becomes monot-
onous. A man ought to do something with his
hands part of the time. For idle fellows work
Is real recreation. Some men take up one
thing and some another. l chose cabnet-mak-
ing because like to handle tools. Lots of men
are settling down this way nowadays Ten
years ago the proper thing was to 20 around,
spend money and be one of the boys, but that is
played out You don't see sensible men stand
ing up to a bar and opening champagne the way
they used to. See fellow setting up wine in q
hotel barroom now, and you don't say, That
man must have loads of money No. sir; you
surmise at once that he is drunk and spend
ing his last few hundreds. The millionares
have made all that sort of thing look small, and
a man without millions is of no consequence as
q swell any more"
Curious devices are praeticed by fashionable
women in order to whittle an assemblage dowr
to the limits of their residences. Recognized.
society in New York includes more people thar
the biggest mansion will accommodate. But il.
invitations. So it becomes necessary to fix arbi
trary lists. For instance Mrs. Arthur Dodge
gave this week ball to those only who we're
married but had not been welded more than
ten years. In that way she gathered a company
of a hundred husbands and wives. No maid or
widow was invited. Mrs Orme Wilson, an As
tor daughter is only five feet in height, and her
short she are eligible. Pretty
shall have red-haired receptions. blue-eyed dim
ners and ug-nosed soirees, but warn experi-
menters that the project of occasion with
feet all number fives or larger would be fail
ure, no matter if waltz music was by band Of
angel harpists and the supper was served on the
Astor set Of solid gold dishes.
The Firth avenue people do indeed have heap
of trouble with intrusive ordinary folks. A
ruh1 <ha oir hcr ~
the stock Of new line of stages. Bang-tailed
English horses were imported for the service.
coaches of a luxurious shape were built, and the
route was laid through the famous shoroughfare
only, without trying to connect with any of the
places Of the crowded rabbles. No money profit.
was expected, and the losses have been borne
without complaint, but the Fifth avencodles are
disgusted intensely by the fact that outsiders
take rides in these vehi cles for diversion Possi-
bly, some scheme of exclusion may be devised,
but in tho timc the wives and daughters of
wealth compelled to sit alongside shop-eirls
and no account creatures generally. But the
directors have stopped the running of the stages
on Sundays, when the swells will not use them
and when the sight-seekers would crowd them.
Jay Gould. with all his Millions said ore of
New Yorks most successful business men, ''can-
not buy what he most desires He would almost
give 80 per cent of his fortune for social recog-
milton in certain circles and fellowship with the
best business men of the city. It isn't ques-
ton of family or ancestors, and obviously it is
not question of money. Up the river, at Irv-
ington. there is quite settlement of million
aires, all active men of AFFAIR." who attend reeu.
larly to business in the city. They are sociablc
lot of old boys and like to chat together on the
way to ard from the city. Ten of them com
bined at suggestion OF one OF the colony, and
made arrangements with the Hudson River rail
road for a special drawing room car the reg
ular train, so that they could be sure of having
seats together every day, and be free to talk
to each other. Each paid his share Of the
expense, and Was entitled to a certain number OF
seats for himself and members of his family,
| and altogether it WAS very nice. socable ar
| rangement They had coach, too at Irving
ton, to take them from the depot to their homes.
When Jay Gould bought the Merritt place at
1rvington, he thought it would be pleasant
| to join his neiehbors in the special car
| scheme Accordingly, he made proposition to
chip in and buy section Of the Wagner car.
| His name was put before the ten business men,
| one morning, and somebody relieved the evident
| constraint OF the party by suggesting that the
proper thing was to vote upon the proposition in
! the same way as members OF clubs are voted
| for. The hat was passed, and Jay Gould was
black-balled It is not necessary to say whether
| or not the vote was unanimous, but he was ra-
| fused admission to the special car. Mr. Gould
| is not boor in manners, and is fairly educated
| and certainly intelligent. But those business
/ mon have certain ideas about ways Of making
| money, and they do not indorse the methods by
which Jay Gould has acquired his wealth. They
would not receive an equal three-card
monte dealer, and in their eyes some forms Of
| stock operations are no better than thimble rig
| ging Mr. Gould has an expensive steam yacht
| to take him to and from Irvington in summer,
| and no doubt solaces himself with the satisfac-
| ton of making bigger show than his neighbors
But perhaps he would give tho Atalanta for n
| seat in that special car"
| Gould might retort upon that party as Colonel
Ineersoll did on David Dows and e. S. Jaffray,
| who chance 70 have been two of the very pas
sengers who declined to ride ON the same exclus-
| i've wheels with the little king Of Wall street.
Dows and Jaffray are exemplars Of all that is
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